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R. B. PRICE FABRIC FOR TIRES AND THE LIKE. APPLICATION FILED JAN.3, 1912.

1., 1 93,7 1 5 Patented Aug. 8, 1916 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1- R. B. PRICE.

FABRIC FOR TIRES AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3, 1912.

1,1 93,715. Patented Aug. 8, 1916.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2- 5 thereto,

, To all whom it may concern:

' automobile tires citizen of the United Statesf Myinvention larly intended for RAYMOND B. PRICE, F MISEAWAKA, INDIANA, ASSIGNOB T0 RUBBER BEGElZERA"- me con mm, A

CORPOEATIQN 0F INDIANA.

racers son Trans sun ran use.

' Specification Application tiled .bsnusry 3,

B. Paws, a residing at St. Joseph,

new and .for Tires of which the following is a Belt known that I, RAYMOND lVlishawak-a, in thecounty 0 State of Indiana, haveinvented specification.

relates to certain improvements in'the production of fabric, particuuse in connection with and similarly shaped articl'es, and has for'itsobject to" provide a fab inner periphery of said tire. In the accompanying --view illustrating a slightly-modified form, Fig. 3 is transverse 1 another modification.

of a portion ing a modified construction of-fabric applied ric treated: with rubber in which the strands or threads will be disposed, when said fabric is applied, in'lines converging toward the drawing: Figure 1 is a diagrammatic View illustrating one form 3 of my improvement. Fig. 2' is a similar sectional vievv of still Fig. & is an elevation of a tire core or mandrel show Fig. 5'Zis a si milar view showing stlll'another modification. In the said drawing, referring more particularly toF-ig. l, the same illustrates a length of my improved fabricQvvhichmay be produced in indefinite lengthsand subseountly for use severed into suitable short use in connection with automobile tire shoes, and When intended to be disposed radially thereomthe said fabric is preferably to be cut transversely into len ths along the lines A-A, said lengths so ormed being substantially equal to the lengths. Thus, for

I transverse circumference of the tire with which they are to be used.

In an application filed by me January 19, 1912, Serial No. 672,261, I have described an improved method of treating fiber, strands and threads to increase their tensile strength, and in the formation of my presens fabric I contemplate the use of strands or threads so treated. It Will be observed that in said fabric, in which the strands or threads indi- .cated at 1 are preferably thetreated strands or threads of my application hereinbefore referredto, said strands or threads are so disposed that at the lines A-A they are brought comparatively close together and thatbetween. said points. AA they diverge to points of greatest separation equidistant of Letters Patent.

found that each at BB, the strands or threads greatest divergence Patented Aug. a, rare.

1912. SerialHo, ssaaio.

from said lines A-A,- this divergence being governed. by the diameter of the Wheel of the tire on which said sections are to be applied. The strands or threads so disposed have applied thereto, preferably on one side only, a layer of rubber '2, into contact With which said st-rands or threads are pressed, and the resultant fabric then vulcanized to set said strands or threads in position. I have shown in dotted lines, Figs. 1 and 2, the outline of the layer of rubber 2 used in forming the strip, Which may then be trimmed along its edges as shown infull lines to follow the lines or" the outermost strands or threads 1. When severed along the lines A-A, and the'sectionsso formed appliedflin an automobile tire, .it will be strand or thread is disposed substantially radial to the Wheel hub of the tire, so that when strain is applied to the tire there will be notendency of said strands or threads to creep longitudinallyof the tire. Furthermore, inasmuch as there is no overlapping of said strands or threads with other strands or threads, as Where a Woven fabric is employed, it will be found that as said strands'or threads lie unbent, except as to the configuration of the tire, they are in position to exert a maximum of resistance.

I also contemplate disposing my improvedmaterial diagonally or on the bias in the tire, and under such circumstances dispose the strands or threads as illustrated in Fig. 2, wherein the lines of severance are indicated 1 being so as to cause the line of of the strands to lie parallel with said lines of severance.

It will be understood that, instead of severing the material along each line A-A or B-B, said severance may occur along each alternate or each third line or at any intermediate point, so that the sections may be folded back upon themselves to make as many thicknesses from a single strip of the material as may be desired. In thus folding the material, as Well as when a single unit length is used, the material may be looped at the fastening edges around one or more suitable longitudinally disposed retaining cords or wires.

1 In Fig. 3 I have illustrated a modified construction, wherein individual cords 3 are employed, said cords being each previously treated to be inclosed in an oval-shaped endisposed, as shown,

. to lie, as groups,

posed on the core diagonally at velop 4 of rubber, as shown, each said cord and envelop thus presenting in cross section two flattened sides. In practice said cords are disposed upon the core with their envelops preferably in contact with each other in one or more layers, and the cords of said layers are preferably staggered with respect to each other. Preferably the cords are disposed so that their flattened sides lie. toward the core at the tread ofthe the, and they are then twisted so that their thin edges face the core at the attaching edges, and are fastened as in the manner hereinbefore any other suitable manner. If desired, said cords, instead of being disposed continuously in contact with each other, may be arranged in groups, each group embodying a plurality of cords.

I also contemplate employing a series of strips of material in which the threads of the fabric 5 employed lie radial and at right angles to the radial line, as shown in Fig. 4c. In this construction the strips are disposed on the core in one or more layers, which may be in register, as shown, or overlapping or staggered, as desired.

In Fig. 5 I have shown still another modified form, in which separate rubbered cords 6 are employed, the same being arranged in groups composed each of as many cords as may be desired. Said groups are disposed radially with respect to the wheel hub, which will of necessity leave tapered intervening spaces between said groups,-as shown, though their inner edges may be in contact, if desired. And this,

arrangement of fabric strips, as Well as this grouping arrangement of cords, may be disany deslred angle or angles.

In place of the fabric shown in Fig. 4 I

may emp'loyfistrips of tape,

braided, knit, or otherwise constructed and treated or not.

described, or in -other tubular annu Having thus I claim as new ters Patent is:

1. A fabric for tires and the like embodv: ing therein a iescribed my invention, what and desire to secure by Let- 21 A fabric for tires and ,thelike embody- .5

ing therein a plurality of independent 'sections about a tire or other annular body, transversely thereof, each section having therein a plurality of independent strands or threads extending lengthwise thereof and converg ing toward their opposite ends whereby when applied will extend in the ing therein a vulcanizable .plastic base of a length'to extend len thwise about a tire. or ar body, thereof, and a plurality of independent strands or threads embedded'in said plastic base and extending longitudinally thereof, said strands or threads converging toward opposite ends thereof whereby each strand or thread, when said base is applied to a tire or other annular'body, will lie 1n the plane of a radius of said tire or other annular body.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

RAYMOND B. PRICE. Witnesses:

GEO. A. .COLSON, A. M. DISCH.

plurality of independent adjacent and non-intersecting strands, or threads,

to a tire or other annular body each,

transversely.

whereby when each of a length to extend lengthwise to,

plane of a radius of said the or other annular body.' 3. A fabric for tires and the like embody-- 

